System engineering

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• All aspects of computer based systems development including hardware and software process engineering. – Usually use Waterfall model – Little scope for iteration between phases because hardware changes are very expensive. Software may have to compensate for hardware problems.

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• Much scope for misunderstanding here.• Different disciplines use a different vocabulary and much negotiation is required.• Engineers may have personal agendas to fulfill.

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System engineering hierarchy• Model: – Simplified representation of a system.• Simulation – Computerized version of a model• Modeling and simulation is a discipline for developing a level of understanding of the interaction of the parts of a system.